Many, many thanks to Beaubier for going out of the way to beta read this chapter. That was really cool of you. :

: Thank you: ) I use to update every couple of days but my teachers are really piling on the work. It all depends on how evil they are each week. I even have Saturday classes. :( : You will. I'm not sure how many chapters I will write but I'm guessing six in all. Unless I''m attacked by plot bunnies.: LOL! I thought the same thing when I wrote that. Without giving too much away let me just say that will be explained. Hopefully I can write more on my day off on Monday. Glad you liked it.

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Scott Summers stared blankly out at the dull unappealing television show. He wasn't really a fan of reality shows like the others were. It just didn't make sense to him, at least the ones that weren't game shows per se.

The current one he had on at the moment had something to do with couples going off to a romantic island and then seeing if they could cheat on one another. It was pointless. Did they even win any money or did they just go off to make fools of themselves on TV for no reason?

He guessed the latter as none of the people seemed to have any sense in the first place.

Not that he knew much about relationships. He'd never really been on a date before. Dating would be too dangerous for someone like him.

Scott knew that, he knew all too well that it would likely never happen. That didn't mean that it didn't hurt. Or he wasn''t envious of his teammates. Both Hank and Warren had their share of dates before becoming students at Xavier's.

Hell even Bobby had had a date. Scott grimaced at the thought of Bobbys' one and only date. The poor kid would be lucky if he ever recovered from it.

Girls were just an alien topic to Scott. Warren and Hank had their talks from time to time, never thinking to ask him to join in.Though they never considered including Bobby either. Those two had been acting strangely since the Bobby/ice ramp accident.

They whispered to each other behind their hands and snickered for no apparent reason during class. Scott didn't know what it was but he was determined to find out.He just knew they were planning another prank war with their youngest teammate. Last time the staircase barely survived. When Scott had found it the left hand railing had been broken, covered in snow and feathers.

Passing Bobby's room carefully he noticed to his relief that the younger boy was quietly sitting on his bed flipping through a comic book. No trouble there, Scott thought pacing himself to check out the noise issuing from Warren'' room.

"You've had it for an entire day; surely you have finished……er……your analysis of the articles of interest?"

"I gave you fifty bucks to have this for a week Hank, and to keep you quiet." Warrens' irritated voice hissed back.

Scotts' mind wondered to what they could possibly be hiding, when it hit him. They had to be cheating for the upcoming exam. Hadn't they done so in the past?

"I recall differently my feathered friend. I believe you guaranteed to pay your dear comrade-in-

this-incident to let you have it for the day."

Scott's mind raced as he recalled the after school special he had seen earlier when he had had nothing better to do. But how would they get drugs? Inwardly rolling his eyes at his own stupidity he quickly shook off that idea.

They wouldn't do that, and not under the presence of the worlds' most powerful telepath that made them take physicals on a regular basis.

"Can I ask why you ever want it? Isn't this kind of thing beneath you?"

"It……is for ahem research purposes……" Hank trailed off and Scott could have sworn that the older mutant was currently blushing by his tone alone.

"Of really?" Warrens' voice sounded amused. "And what kind of ahem research could this help you with?"

Unable to help himself anymore Scott chose that moment to knock on the opened door. Hank fell backwards as Warren cursed as he fumbled to hide a……book?

"What's going on?"

"Nothing!" The duo answered trying and failing to look casual.

"What are you hiding?" Scott asked bluntly.

"Hiding?"

"We might as well confess Warren." Hank said with a dramatic sorrowful sigh. "He's onto us." Warren stared at his friend his face a mixture of shock and betrayal. "We are studying for an exam!" The largest mutant proclaimed in mock horror.

Scott cocked an eyebrow, clearly not buying it.

"Er……that is to say that Warren has purchased the results from me." Hank tried again.

Scott simply crossed his arms and waited patiently.

"Would you believe discussing fine art?"

"No."

Warren gave an annoyed grunt. "We were talking about sex, okay?" The winged mutant said flinging his arms in frustration, heedless of the tome still in his hands.

The deputy leader approached them. Whatever he was about to say died from his lips when the book slipped from Warren's grip and came crashing to the floor.

Unable to resist his curiosity Scott examined the open pages' contents.A puzzled look crossed his face for a moment before he asked his friends why the man was giving the woman the Heimlich maneuver in such an odd angle. A second later Scott Summers realized to his horror what he was looking at and unceremoniously dropped the book like the plague.

"Oh my…….!"Blushing furiously Scott rushed out of the bedroom.

"…………You know……he actually took that better than I thought he would..."

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Bobby was disturbed from his favorite comic by the noise coming from across the hall. Preparing to cause a little trouble he snuck out into the hallway, waiting for the right moment to spring into action.That moment never came as Scott, with a beet red face, passed by muttering, "--they're having sex--" under his breath.

Bobbys' face scrunched up as he tried to figure out what the other boy meant. The pieces snapped together soon and the boys' eye widen at an alarming rate.Glancing between the retreating figure and the door to Warrens' room Bobby gulped.

"Warren and Hank are……doing it?"

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Charles Xavier sighed as he went over Jean's transfer.

She was ready for this, he was certain of that. After years of training, taking the smallest of steps to ensure her recovery, she could finally deal with other people.She could have friends. Charles wasn't going to deny her the chance to feel acceptance at the school.

Deciding it was indeed time to make that all important call he reached over for the telephone……

/--theyweren'twearinganythinghavingsexohgodohgod--/

Wincing at Scotts' scattered thoughts he instantly returned the phone to its' cradle. He had hoped that he wouldn't need to have this type of talk with the young man.

Scott would be a gentleman, Charles knew this. Still, perhaps he needed to have a chat with the boy.

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Henry McCoy sighed as he returned to the library to catch up on some reading. He was not surprised that Scott acted the way he did; in fact he expected a similar reaction from Bobby. Not that they'd let the youngest boy get his hands on it. It was Warren and his secret……at least until Slim told the Professor. Assuming that he could do so without blushing that was.

Hank knew well why the book had such an appeal to them……well besides obvious reasons. It was their way of rebelling against the Professor. There was not much that they had managed to hide from the all knowing telepath, either when he reframed from reading their thoughts.

The book was a means to do so. It would be challenging but Hank felt they could keep this from their mentor. Reclining his feet to a comfortable position he let himself relax for the first time in days of rough training.

He decided to worry about how to keep the text a secret later. Now was his time to become reintroduced with the novels of Dickens, Keats, and Joyce. The real authors.

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A/N: In one of the Scott Lobdell issues (the one where Jubilee roller blades with the Prof) Hank brings up a time where Warren paid him a thousand dollars to write his essay. So I suppose they would have done it a couple of times. I don't know why but I love freaking Scott out. It's just fun. :D